The EU is finally taking its migration policy back into its own hands. Last month, we voted to tighten the Union’s asylum policy. Today, the European Parliament has just voted in the Civil Liberties Committee its position on the return regulation, which will greatly facilitate the detention and expulsion of illegal migrants or asylum denials. Once again, the right‑wing coalition, of which our ECR group is the pivot, and which also includes the PPE, the Patriots, and the Sovereignists, has prevailed over the left. Together, we have achieved many advances:
👉 possibility of expulsion centers in third countries;
👉 detention of illegal migrants allowed for 24 months and longer if circumstances justify;
👉 prohibition of entry onto European soil without a time limit;
👉 possibility to search and seize the migrant’s belongings (identity documents, phone, etc.) without their consent in order to identify their country of origin;
👉 an appeal of an expulsion decision no longer suspends the organization of the expulsion.
It’s not perfect, but these are significant progress that cut against the laxity that had prevailed until now. It was, once again, a request from our ally Giorgia Meloni, who fights in Rome and Brussels to protect our borders and our peoples. The text will soon be put to a vote in plenary before being negotiated with the Council. Congratulations to our negotiator Charlie Weimers, with whom we have worked from the beginning to achieve these victories. And thanks to François‑Xavier Bellamy who managed to convince his group to work again with the right.
Thanks to ECR, thanks to the right‑wing coalition, we are finally forcing the EU to change direction. We will continue to fight to repair the damage caused by decades of submission to the left, to make France and Europe safer, more prosperous, and stronger.
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Translated from French, view original